Wednesday, April 2, 2014

SMS Authentication - Is it Good enough.




We have two piece of information.


  • SMS message is used for 2-factor authentication.
  • SMS messages can be intercepted.


So, how secure is it and does it meed our needs?


The author evaluates it based on fundamentals like

  1. Requirement
  2. Simplicity
  3. Convenience (Ease of Use)
  4. Risk versus Rewards
  5. End result (Better or Worse than before)




The link below has more information:-

http://www.csoonline.com/article/2136755/security-leadership/why-you-need-to-rethink-the-benefits-of-sms-authentication-to-improve-security.html

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